How do you know summer is really here? For me, I just realized it's when I make my first batch of Carrie's Cabbage Salad (better known as Freezer Slaw). This was always a mainstay in our fridge when we were kids. As soon as the peppers would come on in the garden my mom would make a gallon jug of it. With every meal it would be my job to get a bowl of slaw out of the jug. You had to know just how much "juice" to get out and how much to leave in the jug. Because every time it got just about 1/2 to 1/4 full it would be time to chop some more cabbage, peppers and onions to add to the jug. So it was there every evening, sweet, crisp and cold, a taste of summer.
Next best taste will be the first ripe, juice tomato of the season, but that is still a way off.
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